tv Up Front 2017 Ep 28 Al Jazeera October 9, 2017 11:32am-12:01pm AST
11:32 am
belarus but for turkey this is the first time or course like in nine hundred sixty s. and seventy's during the cuckoo years turkey had the same suspension is a suspension decision from other countries better they have been both allies they are both nato members so this is very distinct to actually turkey retaliated by retaliated back last night by. suspending sending the services to the foreign occupier to use the government governing parties spokesperson market and also that we respond to them on the same level by our embassy in washington because u.s. decision was released by the u.s. embassy in ankara right we are trying to be a call and you know call blathered so we want everything to be settled by diplomacy this is what he says but we are reading from the news reports and i also had some confirmation from a source as an anchor at that what triggered united states for taking out this the
11:33 am
situation to suspend service is that right turkey arrested one of the employees in u.s. consulate he was a translator working for the american consulate in istanbul and he was accused of being a made between fit to look good and the u.s. . being the cleric that turkey accuses of masterminding last year's failed school and that turkey wants the u.s. extradited exactly this is also one of the main tensions between the two countries right for the last one year the turkey wants him to be extradited united states you have to prove that he is very real guilty so actually the dish judiciary systems of both countries conflict at this point and this if they morning we are learning that today turkish security turkish judiciary actually had an arab detention warrant to do warrants for another u.s. consulate employee so that triggered the embassy to take this. right exactly now we
11:34 am
wait we're waiting to hear from president on i understand within the next hour he's going to be speaking from istanbul i believe he's traveling to ukraine he's going to have a press conference he's expected to speak over this issue of course what word are we likely to hear from him what sort of tone can we expect from the turkish president are they interested in did deescalating or is turkey as we've seen in the last few months now perhaps looking to other countries as far as relations allies looking for other allies like russia as we've seen and turning away from from the u.s. world fully you also see that turkey has been fighting back to the physically and psychologically indifferent from so since they have been both allies for the long term i'm expecting toki not to not to be willing to escalate the decision but of course there are some other concerns like turkey's ring gauge went with iran especially following the kurdish secession referendum. venezuela's small dose
11:35 am
visit to ankara lice week which donald trump you know says that's an evil of axis country so these are also other triggering points actually so certainly lots of concern on both sides thank you very much synonym for that. now the trumpet ministration has outlined to congressional leaders new hardline immigration plans the proposals include limiting the number of green cards for family members of u.s. citizens champ wants to employ an additional ten thousand immigration officers and judges to report criminals and unaccompanied children he plans also to penalize so-called sanctuary cities because they refuse to share information to help enforce federal u.s. immigration policies and the white house has also address the issue of people who came to the u.s.s. children in on a stream is trying to say is to protect them from deportation congress must approve
11:36 am
funding for a war on the border with mexico democrats have ruled out that bargain saying it is far beyond what is reasonable. now a senior u.s. republican senator says president trams twitter activity is hurting the country's foreign policy bob corker chairs the foreign relations committee he'd sold the new york times that trumps threats to other countries could set the us on the path to world war three hawkers interview comes after the president attacked him on twitter over his refusal to run for another term. in news just in this morning a court in sarajevo has acquitted a bosnian commander of war crimes its rules not say or reaches not guilty. in connection with the case of three serb prisoners of war who were murdered in one thousand nine hundred ninety two instrument the former commander had always denied the charges he was sentenced to two years in jail by the court in the hague in two thousand and six but acquitted on appeal in two thousand and eight. the
11:37 am
international red cross says it will reduce its operations in afghanistan this follows the death of seven staff on duty in the country this year in february six red cross workers died in an attack on an aid convoy last month a physiotherapist was shot dead by one of her patients another four staff members were abducted this year the organization says however it will not be leaving afghanistan altogether. at least twelve people have drowned after a boat carrying ranger refugees from myanmar to bangladesh capsized ten of them were children this is a third such incident since people started fleeing violence in myanmar rakhine state in august more than sixty people have drowned when two boats capsized last month now myanmar's military has been accused of carrying out a chaucer these against the ranger in rakhine state a charge denied by the government. and met a young refugee who says he survived in a time by the army on the day he won rights watch says mass killings were carried
11:38 am
out in a kind. despite the relief his family tries to provide eighteen year old or hindu refugee mohammad to hussen is still haunted for a while his mother and siblings try to give him a brief respite from the extreme heat and humidity but no matter how much medicine is given or the number of bandages applied his scars both physical and psychological will remain. in the if they took us out from our home and tied our hands behind our backs they pulled us along the roads and kicked us they pulled us through the village through the jungle and took us to join another group of people then they made us lie down on top of one another mohammad all says when soldiers from me and mars army began shooting at them he was hit twice in the back. at first he pretended to be dead but then again when i opened my
11:39 am
eyes to see if they'd left a note when i opened my eyes they saw me and shot me here two of his brothers were killed in the army's attack on mungo a village in iraq and stayed on august twenty seventh mohammed al was convinced he also would not survive a mood in the clinton road and i thought i would die so i prayed i thought to myself i'm not going to see my relatives anymore mohamed tools brother sure if i was desperate to get him some help they're going to doctors but they're not doctors we couldn't find any doctor there was military everywhere so i couldn't go to the pharmacy and get him any medicine people were telling me i should go break down the door of the pharmacy and bring him medicine but i couldn't go there because of the military. tells us that in addition to his two brothers who were killed dozens more of his relatives were also executed during the attack a recent report by human rights watch included interviews with witnesses and survivors who told the organization that me and morris military didn't just carry out mass killings that day but that they also sexually assaulted stabbed and beat
11:40 am
villagers who were gathering for safety in a residential compound and while the un has called the actions of me a mars military a textbook example of ethnic cleansing mean wars government has categorically denied carrying out any atrocities against the rangers. or muhammad tools heartbroken mother there is no time to dwell on the past taking care of her family even in conditions as miserable as these is her priority as a living why didn't they when i see my sons williams i don't feel like going back to a village and also i set fire to a high and they set fire at everywhere we saw that we had no choice but to leave they may have been able to leave the violence behind but for mohammed it's clear the horror of what he lived through will never really go away. at the tank ali refugee camp in cox's bazaar bangladesh. to spain now in catalonia president is
11:41 am
expected to address the regional parliament on tuesday one week after the session vote that has divided the country the referendum has plunged spain into a political crisis and as a whole reports both sides are hardening their positions. barcelona has seen plenty of huge demonstrations but not like this one will see red and yellow the common scenario flying alongside the spanish national flag meeting ripped off calls for independence this is a highly unusual show of national unity. some have come from other parts of spain but most are from catalonia itself tony roll done is a council on politician opposed to independence we have made throughout the best of it here the first very young these. last forty years or so the. finish was over and we have money to build the framework that works for everyone i think that the future belongs to you i just think that we need to do better from national language
11:42 am
to govern ourselves and the world doesn't make sense when they call themselves the silent majority was serious and the representative of the right forces will be the silent no sure if the. the fifty. one woman described an atmosphere of hostility towards those who disagree with the push for independence. i was my spanish. is what i can. make. that happen and that my. rights. and. and given the opportunity to speak out many embrace really tired of being the majority and the people to say that we are not we are the majority because the union has
11:43 am
a force and he's common sense independent schools in this region with its distinct culture and language a centuries old with the stakes of never been higher in the dritte prime minister mariano rajoy warns he may use special powers to revoke. the regional government meanwhile is considering a unilateral declaration of independence in the weeks to come but who will haul them these people who seem to have found their voices jonah how al-jazeera. still ahead on al-jazeera find out how some countries are helping to cash in from the reconstruction of syria after years of war. power and north carolina as a tropical storm history u.s. gulf coast. from dusky sunsets over spring savannah. to sunrise
11:44 am
atop an asian metropolis. hello there most of europe is looking rather autumnal now but not across spain and portugal here it's still very dry for most of us and it's also still pretty hot these pictures out of portugal showing the latest batch of wildfires that we're seeing here actually this fire has been crossed with a dust devil you can see it stretching up there looks like a fire tornado pretty scary if you saw that coming towards you now unfortunately for spain and portugal no new rain is on the horizon so it doesn't look like we're going to get and help with the weather in fighting those fights instead you can see whether wetter weather is that's working its way here of course the eastern parts of europe giving us some heavy rain and it does look pretty wet as well so for stockholm ten degrees will be our maximum and rather brisk winds and then that gradually edging its way eastwards away from stockholm as we head through chews day behind it though the winds are generally flowing down from
11:45 am
a northerly direction so it's not that warm that's why stockholm's dropped to nine and for kiev we won't get any hotter than around twelve degrees at best because the other side of the mediterranean plenty of fine dry weather to be found here but not force in morocco a little bit more in the way of cloud here and that is bringing us a few showers they could be a few more over the next few days but not for a simmer about here where we're getting to thirty one. the weather sponsored by cats and rays. witness documentaries that open your eyes at this time on al-jazeera.
11:46 am
you're watching al-jazeera reminder of our top stories this hour the u.s. and turkey have imposed visa restrictions on each other in an escalating diplomatic dispute over the arrest of a u.s. consulate worker in istanbul is accused of links to the u.s. base clerical turkey claims was the mastermind of last year's field goal the u.s. is also allegations are baseless at least twelve people have drowned after a boat carrying ranger refugees from myanmar to bangladesh capsized ten of them were children this is a third incident since people started feeling the latest round of violence in myanmar rakhine state in august. and a day after a massive march in boston against independent spain prime minister mariano rajoy as
11:47 am
in a newspaper interview that spain will not be divided on his government says a controversial referendum it held a week ago shows overwhelming support for independence from spain. syria now and at least ten people have been killed in a strikes in the northwestern province despite it it being. opposed deescalation zone there were chaotic scenes in the market. after the bombing sources on the ground believe the strikes were launched by syrian government warplanes most of the victims are believed to be civilians. and that deescalation zone was negotiated by turkey russia and iran in the talks aimed at ending syria's civil war a former our kind affiliate operates in and wasn't part of that agreement turkey's announced it's backing the free syrian army to fight the group setting up the likelihood of more fierce fighting throughout the province. near the turkish border
11:48 am
. turkish artillery shelling high positions inside syria. the former al qaida affiliate group controlled most of it late province and this border area is the focal point of what turkish authorities refer to as a serious campaign. and the free syrian army is sending reinforcements to the way holy. the starting point for the new cross border campaign. but real a show which has thousands of fighters is vowing to fight to the death the news of the new campaign is raising concerns for civilians in it that. if the turkish army enters back by russian planes they have committed a massacre a few days ago and that is for sure and acceptable to me and to any muslim who rejects the presence of occupiers in our country. the russians are the first and
11:49 am
last and i mean of the syrian people they are backing bashar al assad how can they be supporting the syrian people. the new push by turkey comes after an agreement with russia and iran last month to set up a deescalation zone in. the turkish army will be operating in the city while the russians will be deployed outside of the province it is one of four deescalation zones the others are the asker's of the capital damascus or the border with jordan a lot of parts of homes. where the zones what established after iran russia and turkey decided to set aside their differences and find a permanent solution to the syrian conflict. the new operation could be part of a broader deal between russia turkey and iran but we don't know who would run one.
11:50 am
victor from the problem and what will become of moderate opposition factions and the thousands of civilians living in the area has. increasingly likely that syrian president bashar assad will stay in power after six and a half years of civil war focus is already shifting to the pre-construction of towns and cities reduce rubble in the conflict many countries are already preparing to cash in especially neighboring.
89 Views
Uploaded by TV Archive on